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To prove a theory requires external observation and experiment. We have strong theories but they can not be proven. As we research more the planetary systems around other stars we will get more details on solar system formation. Proving a theory of the universe is more tricky as its unlikely we will ever get external observation .

2007-12-28 05:10:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

It is nearly impossible to PROVE a theory. Your sense that it is correct can be enhanced to the point where there is almost no doubt, but proof is nearly impossible. Of course there are some things that can be proved: it is now established beyond a doubt that the world is round. Some theories are pretty much taken as fact, such as the germ theory of disease. Other theories, lacking observational evidence will remain as theory. Virtually unchallenged, explaining evidence, and sometimes allowing predictions. Some theories cannot even do that since the event happened too far in the past or at extreme distances. Still, until something better comes along, these theories are the best we have.

2007-12-28 02:24:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Proven.....

By Whom would this proof need to be submitted???

And, to whom would it need to be submitted to become
"PROVEN?"

What has happened is that theories have been advanced with details on how those theories were arrived at (produced).
In cases where the details and the calculations led readers to the same conclusions as those reached by the author, those theories have been "generally accepted."

When astronomers observe various bodies in the Universe and determine that they are "moving", by extending their observations over long time periods, they can track this movement and plot a PATH for the movement. If you look back down the path, you can observe where the objects came from.

Now, over time, if you observe hundreds of moving objects in space, and they all seem to have come from the same general point in space long, long ago (which is what was done) that must indicate that something hurled out all of those things at some point in time long, long ago. This observation leads people to the concept of a big explosion or Big Bang. Checking out the velocity of the movements seems to confirm those observations and theories. One can either agree with the findings or disagree with the findings...up to you to make the decision. There is no penalty for being totally wrong - except laughter.

2007-12-28 03:32:58 · answer #3 · answered by zahbudar 6 · 0 0

none. but the most trusted theory is the big bang theory.About 15 billion years ago a tremendous explosion started the expansion of the universe. This explosion is known as the Big Bang. At the point of this event all of the matter and energy of space was contained at one point. What exisisted prior to this event is completely unknown and is a matter of pure speculation. This occurance was not a conventional explosion but rather an event filling all of space with all of the particles of the embryonic universe rushing away from each other. The Big Bang actually consisted of an explosion of space within itself unlike an explosion of a bomb were fragments are thrown outward. The galaxies were not all clumped together, but rather the Big Bang lay the foundations for the universe.

The origin of the Big Bang theory can be credited to Edwin Hubble. Hubble made the observation that the universe is continuously expanding. He discovered that a galaxys velocity is proportional to its distance. Galaxies that are twice as far from us move twice as fast. Another consequence is that the universe is expanding in every direction. This observation means that it has taken every galaxy the same amount of time to move from a common starting position to its current position. Just as the Big Bang provided for the foundation of the universe, Hubbles observations provided for the foundation of the Big Bang theory.

Since the Big Bang, the universe has been continuously expanding and, thus, there has been more and more distance between clusters of galaxies. This phenomenon of galaxies moving farther away from each other is known as the red shift. As light from distant galaxies approach earth there is an increase of space between earth and the galaxy, which leads to wavelengths being stretched.

2007-12-28 13:40:52 · answer #4 · answered by cai :") 2 · 0 0

in the process background the perceived length and age of the universe has grown gradually. Aristotle and the classic Greeks believed the completed universe consisted of merely the earth with some issues spinning around it, and the entire gadget became 4000 miles in diameter! This became the winning view on the time of the start of Christianity. even though it rather is been Western Christian civilization this is made maximum the hot discoveries interior the final couple of thousand years. there is an previous rule that when technological expertise discovers some thing new, faith consistently follows finally. faith, inspite of each and every thing, is a seek for fact, merely as technological expertise is, yet the two seek for fact in diverse places. while faith differs with technological expertise, it does so for political motives, no longer having something to do with faith. In historical cases, faith celebrated new clinical discoveries. for about 4000 years now, we've discovered many times that the universe is larger, older, and extra complicated than before imagined. you will think of creationists would be overjoyed to learn that! 8^) as a replace they insist on conserving onto a fantasy, an allegorical baby's tale. How ought to in any different case clever human beings try this if no longer for politics?

2016-12-18 10:17:31 · answer #5 · answered by inabinet 4 · 0 0

It's impossible to prove any theory on the origin of the universe or solar system 100% because we can't look back in time to see either event, so no.

Besides, if one could prove it, it would no longer be a theory... :)

2007-12-28 02:10:33 · answer #6 · answered by Ryan H 6 · 5 1

Yes for the universe: it is named "Big Bang Theory". The so called "background radiation" gives a very good, but not the only proof. On the details how solar systems form in detail there is a lot of research going on. What triggered this research on solar systems most recently is the detection of extrasolar planets (planets outside the solar system).

2007-12-28 02:13:18 · answer #7 · answered by map 3 · 1 3

Anything proved would no longer be a theory....That's why it's called the Big Bang theory and not the Big Bang Fact.......

2007-12-28 03:24:47 · answer #8 · answered by SUPERMAN 4 · 1 0

The Big Bang is the cosmological model of the universe whose primary assertion is that the universe has expanded into its current state from a primordial condition of enormous density and temperature. The term is also used in a narrower sense to describe the fundamental "fireball" that erupted at or close to an initial time-point in the history of our observed spacetime.

Theoretical support for the Big Bang comes from mathematical models, called Friedmann models. These models show that a Big Bang is consistent with general relativity and with the cosmological principle, which states that the properties of the universe should be independent of position or orientation.

Observational evidence for the Big Bang includes the analysis of the spectrum of light from galaxies, which reveal a shift towards longer wavelengths proportional to each galaxy's distance in a relationship described by Hubble's law. Combined with the evidence that observers located anywhere in the universe make similar observations (the Copernican principle), this suggests that space itself is expanding. The next most important observational evidence was the discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation in 1964. This had been predicted as a relic from when hot ionized plasma of the early universe first cooled sufficiently to form neutral hydrogen and allow space to become transparent to light, and its discovery led to general acceptance among physicists that the Big Bang is the best model for the origin and evolution of the universe. A third important line of evidence is the relative proportion of light elements in the universe, which is a close match to predictions for the formation of light elements in the first minutes of the universe, according to Big Bang nucleosynthesis.

The future according to the Big Bang theory

Before observations of dark energy, cosmologists considered two scenarios for the future of the universe. If the mass density of the universe were greater than the critical density, then the universe would reach a maximum size and then begin to collapse. It would become denser and hotter again, ending with a state that was similar to that in which it started—a Big Crunch.[34] Alternatively, if the density in the universe were equal to or below the critical density, the expansion would slow down, but never stop. Star formation would cease as all the interstellar gas in each galaxy is consumed; stars would burn out leaving white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes. Very gradually, collisions between these would result in mass accumulating into larger and larger black holes. The average temperature of the universe would asymptotically approach absolute zero—a Big Freeze. Moreover, if the proton were unstable, then baryonic matter would disappear, leaving only radiation and black holes. Eventually, black holes would evaporate. The entropy of the universe would increase to the point where no organized form of energy could be extracted from it, a scenario known as heat death.

Modern observations of accelerated expansion imply that more and more of the currently visible universe will pass beyond our event horizon and out of contact with us. The eventual result is not known. The ΛCDM model of the universe contains dark energy in the form of a cosmological constant. This theory suggests that only gravitationally bound systems, such as galaxies, would remain together, and they too would be subject to heat death, as the universe expands and cools. Other explanations of dark energy—so-called phantom energy theories—suggest that ultimately galaxy clusters, stars, planets, atoms, nuclei and matter itself will be torn apart by the ever-increasing expansion in a so-called Big Rip

2007-12-28 02:21:03 · answer #9 · answered by Sparkle M 3 · 2 2

Of course not, if it was proved, it wouldn't be a theory, would it?

2007-12-28 04:51:41 · answer #10 · answered by florayg 5 · 0 0

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